Description
Every Storm a Serenade by Imaginary Authors is an Aromatic Green fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Every Storm a Serenade was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Josh Meyer. The fragrance features Danish spruce, eucalyptus, vetiver, calone, ambergris and sea water.
Every Storm a Serenade is the first fragrance volume attributed to imaginary author Niels Bjerregaard. From Imaginary Authors: “When Stina, a burgeoning writer, decamps to her mother’s summer house for the winter to write a book, her trip overlaps for one day (and one steamy night) with a brawny fisherman named Ulv. While she struggles to gain traction with her novel, her fixation on the mysterious seafarer results in countless unsent letters, the contents of which chronicle the spiraling psyche of lust and longing. Set on the desolate west coast of Denmark during the tourist off-season, Every Storm a Serenade is a meditative masterwork that will lull you with its well-designed sentences and intimate tone.”
Menug337Bessinepome – :
This perfume smells mostly of vetiver and not much of anything else. The other notes act to make vetiver a bit more airy, but it is really difficult to detect them separately. I get no spruce or eucalyptys. This has some similarity to Vetiver extraordinaire.
persii90 – :
Pine and cedar with wood alcohol notes. Dries to a pine wood scent with salt air. It’s nice, but the alcohol middle bit lasts forever. Still, it’s far closer to the ferry dock scent another perfumer I’ve tried managed. I like it, but the strongly alcoholic middle bit (it’s wood notes disagreeing with my skin chemistry) ruins it. Too bad, because I love the salt air/pine elements.
PeceLeady – :
Wet rain on the sea and blue spruce, with a smear of mint camphor rub on the chest.
Moody and clever.
The man wearing this might be prone to rough fisherman’s sweaters and prefers strange tasting aquavits.
The woman wearing this wears eyeglasses instead of contacts at business meetings, so people will take her more seriously.
ALEX_XXX – :
Like so many other Imaginary Author scents, Every storm a Serenade equates to more of an experience than a perfume. It isn’t a classic clean scent but it isn’t dirty either. Some IA perfumes leave me cringing in a burnt down house or guiltily examining my hands for gun powder reside. This one isn’t like that at all. It’s fresh, salty and sexy in a man made molecule, this is too interesting to be real kinda way. Think industrial / primal. Neither light nor heavy it is a tad medicinal (eucalyptus) with a slight masculine lean. Don’t get me wrong the right girl in sensible shoes could rock this. I’m camping in Big Sur near the ocean. I’m laying on the forest floor on a soft clean blanket. I am unpacking brand new camping equipment whilst my lumber jack boyfriend (girlfriend) slices into a wet and fresh watermelon (calone). I detect something sweet but it’s not flowers (ambergris). When I first liberally tested Every Storm a Serenade I kind of panicked and intended to scrub it ASAP. Now an hour later, it is growing on me hard. Wear this one next time you go glamping.
Alexyak – :
It is piney and oceany, but my first impression was that it was kind of “cheap” or “shallow.” It lacks complexity and smells artificial.
psyxolog32 – :
★★★★
The essence of a pebble beach after a storm in autumn.
Eucalyptus trees surround the pebble shore, providing a dew after the continuous sea spray from the waves and the rain. A nostalgic setting which is less blue or green as a result and more of a grey.
This creation managed to prove that “grey” can be the new “blue” in the world of fragrance. It’s unique without being edgy, natural yet abstract, because the whole blend is a dewy feeling and it does not accentuate each ingredient in its natural state.
All notes are equal pieces of the puzzle. Tasteful and evocative.
It is such a shame that its performance is below average, 4-5 hours longevity and pretty low projection after the first 15 minutes. This could be a 5 star from me, or even 4.5, but I feel that since the competition in the niche spectrum is pretty high (so much creative vision and so many offerings) performance needs to be a priority for all niche houses, especially the ones that are on trend, such as Imaginary Authors.
Maybe this will get reformulated for the better, and actually represent the power of a storm, which is an intense and beautiful event. I can smell the beauty here, just not the intensity.
olia82 – :
I love this one. It smells just like it says.
ghencic – :
I found this thru a YouTube review of TOM FORD OUD MINERALE they are very similar but this costs rough 1/3 the price a gorgeous briny aquatic not very strong close your eyes and youll smell the beach terrific for warm climates like here on MIAMI BEACH very likeable gets lots of compliments surprising because it doesn’t seem to last very long
efj977InsuffBooni – :
Well composed green aquatic
If you liked Davidoff cool water and wanted a niche version that is a bit more dark, then this is perfect
It has a great composition that evokes dark ocean waves full of seaweed beating a tall cliff and spraying the air
It does not fit my personality, but a love the artistic nature and recommend a sniff
Imaginary authors has fair prices too
A good designer alternative is TB Martinique
sergeyfelixfer – :
A customer at my old work wore this and I had to ask what it was it’s a beautiful expensive Ambrox/(natural ambergris tincture?) and spruce eucalyptus And aquatic notes, and more than just calone here obviously. There’s tons of molecules in the same kind of ball park as calone that function similarly though most are more general kind of ambiguous notes, but anyway it’s a nice complex aquatic accord with the spruce eucalyptus and ambergris. One of the best things I’ve smelled
AlisaSexieat – :
Every Storm a Serenade is basically the perfect ‘fresh sea air’ fragrance. It doesn’t exactly duplicate the smell of a far off seaside town like I expected it to, but adds a little mystery. It feels magical, mystical and … barnicle. Imagine going upstate for a trip around the boat club on your houseboat, the surrounding land consumed by pine trees, native flora and rock. It’s the type of scent that transcends class and is really grounding (the price sure ain’t, though).
This fragrance paints a happy picture, one that I can relate to and one that I won’t soon forget. Big love.
Also, the eucalyptus might be why I get such an Australian image.
Meamr776Diobtetty – :
Whirl up, sea—
whirl your pointed pines,
splash your great pines
on our rocks,
hurl your green over us,
cover us with your pools of fir.
So goes “Oread” by the poet H.D.. This short poem where greenery is blended with the marine describes “Every Storm a Serenade” well. It opens with a pretty robust eucalyptus + calone (marine) note on me, mixed with the persistent vetiver this weirdly reminds me of motor oil on my skin. The eucalyptus seems to build the most interesting bridge between the sea breeze notes & the woodsy ones.
I’ll say after it dries down it has a pleasant, familiar quality, the type where it’s like, “Yes, I am wearing cologne.” The basenotes don’t possess any of the initial enchantment. For a standard, masculine day cologne, this works well, especially after the drydown. Even with the calone carrying most of the weight to create an interesting marine environment on the skin, I can’t ever see myself pursuing a full bottle.
фил – :
For the first ten minutes, this just smells like nail polish remover to me. Even after the base notes emerge, it still has a sharp scent overlaying it that isn’t pleasant compared to other fragrances with an otherwise similar drydown. Disappointing, because I thought I’d really like this one, but something about it just isn’t working for me. I guess I’d still recommend it to anyone who thinks the notes sound intriguing, because clearly when it works for people, it really works.
nbCvcvNMzaeRT – :
Amazing seawater and woods scent. Longlasting, worth a purchase.
ivan_semenov – :
Wow. This is gorgeous. Absolutely jaw-droppingly gorgeous. I got my heap of $3 IA samples yesterday and this was my first one to try. This is a sentimental scent to me as it smells exactly like the Yucatan. I can smell the little bit of loam from the wet soil and mangroves. I can smell the hot, dry thatched roofs in the sun. I can smell the sargassum on the beach. This knocked me over. After 4 or 5 hours it turns into a more standard fresh scent such as ADG. Solid!
dimafin – :
I sampled this because I liked the name but when I read the notes was preparing myself for an experience outside of my tastes. However, I actually really enjoyed Every storm a serenade, it opens up with a pine freshness from spruce and a hint of ucalyptus, with a minty, salty sea breeze and vetiver. Ambergris with that calone accord just grows until drying down to something less appealing in the form or the milky, seaside thing I’d been expecting from the off, but by that point it had charmed me. This is a artisan aquatic perfume who’s MO I understand and quite enjoyed because it’s mellow and not too invasive but lasted well and changed all the while.
Aerohopleneridhz – :
Opens with Vics Vapo Rub. Quickly fades down to dry pine cones. Completely gone on my skin after about 3 hours. It stays a skin scent all through it’s life. Not one of my favorites from Josh. Sorry 🙁
krx784Unlogrere – :
Think of the Scottish Fjords after a heavy rainfall on a cool fall day. Got it? That is what this is.
Леся – :
My boyfriend put Every Storm A Serenade on this morning and I had to ask him what it was, because it completely blew me away. To me, this is an androgynous scent. It completely fits the story that goes with it. Best of all, it leaves a trail.
This past summer, said boyfriend and I took a vacation in the east coast of Canada. We drove along craggy cliffs, next to crashing waves, in the fog, surrounded by evergreens. The only sounds were of seabirds and whales. This perfume takes me back to those grey summer days. And now, having just read e.e. cummings, I leave you with one of his poems which also reminds me of this perfume:
dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
I think I’m going to get him a full bottle 🙂
denyka – :
The opening on this was phenomenal! I got a robust greenness–not too sharp or biting– mixed with a light, aquatic vibe. I really loved it! However, it was fleeting (10 minutes or so) and moved rather immediately into a blast of something dry, smoky–not the same smoky as Cape Heartache however–and a little unpleasant. I assumed this was the vetiver in some respect. In the background, I still felt an airy, marine quality. This airy marine quality began to push to the forefront again within an hour. What a relief! The greenness returned too along with a light intangible sweetness. There was also an interesting added earthiness, like a mixture of damp soil and woodsy notes. Occasionally, I got strong whiffs of that unpleasant scent again, but I ignored it as best I could. Overall, I quite liked this. I was worried this was going to be a dislike, but it wasn’t! I think I want a bottle of this.
kamuz – :
I had a customer who was an exchange student from northeast Asia, he was wearing one of the best fragrances I’d smelled, I could sense some subtle aquatic accords, maybe smoky eucalyptus, and most of all, a great synthetic/natural? Ambergris accord. Don’t know if it’s just ambroxan, ambroxolide, ambrettolide, Cedrol methyl ether 19870-74-7 (aka cedramber), or could it be timbersilk?!!
Undundell – :
Opens with an awesome fresh woody green smell that I assume is the Spruce and Aquatic notes that last for about an hour. From there I notice a more animalic (probably Ambergris) and very marine (Calone) smell that lasts a solid amount of time. One of the best I have used so far.
Edit: Smells a little different out of the sprayer compared to the sample vial. Stronger with more of a bitter Vetiver and not quite as pleasant.
TefSailia – :
So many things. So first off it’s got this watermelon/cucumber vibe. It goes from aquatic to soapy to your standard men’s cologne. Probably a Ccolone note. It’s similar to ADG, but better and different. Out of the sample bottle I get and oud/vetiver vibe, but not on my skin. There’s also something in the drydown that smells like Lomani ultra black, but less offensive.
I don’t think I’d buy a bottle, it’s not my thing. But it’s nice and well worth more than ADG.
vik721 – :
green, slightly minty, quite masculine with the vetiver. 2 sprays on the neck at 7:30am and I was still getting whiffs on the way home from work at 6pm. Very clean and fresh drydown. Compliments from coworkers…This is a keeper.
funt.egorov – :
This fragrance reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Lighthouse Keeper. A lighthouse on a cliff, woody forests all around, a storm rolling in, bringing with the smells of wet spruce and salt air, surf on the rocks below and driftwood, rhythm of rain drumming on the rooftop,…beautiful. For once, the name matches the fragrance perfectly.
Every Storm a Serenade is the closest approximation of a salty marine fragrance I have smelled in a long time. You can detect every note listed through the scent life of the fragrance and it’s a great blend of all of them, Sea notes, vetiver, spruce, ambergris. Projection is average for the most part and longevity is around the 5 hour range on skin. I can smell it on my clothes a bit longer. If you are a fan of marine aquatic scents, do check this out. Very Nice. 8.5/10
ottototkto – :
Not for me personally, however I can appreciate it as an olfactory experience that places you in a specific setting. It’s like standing on a coastline with spruce trees at your back, and catching the mist from ocean waves crashing against the rocks. The saltiness, spruce and vetiver create a dirty, warm and dense aquatic. I would go so far as to say it’s an aquatic for cold weather because of how heavy it is
Nemerizkiy – :
An interesting marine aquatic fragrance with notes of spruce, eucalyptus, vetiver, calone, ambergris and sea water. The overall feeling is that of being on a ship or a marine cruise. Breezy, salty and a bit animalic (because of the ambergris), this is an interesting and well put together composition but in excessive amounts can induce the sea sickness feeling. Quite nice but could have been a less dense to be more easily enjoyable.
abathulik – :
I made a recent vow to myself to test things twice before reviewing but this is an instant love. This is wrist crack to me, cannot stop sniffing. An initial wave of vetiver which is blurred gently by calone notes into something warmer; it’s salty, oceanic in a roaring waves kind of way, this is no calm beach. There’s something seductively close in here (ambergris and spruce perhaps). Yes, it’s a salty aired walk along a black sanded coast but the notes blend perfectly to give its sweet and slightly untamed vibe. Love it, love it, want it.
cds174JeomiWogkig – :
very interesting bitter mix of vetiver, greenery, pine needles and smoke. reminds me of an overnight in the forest in front of the fire.
vic889Unlogrere – :
So far I have tested four IA fragrances and this one is just the best. I love the spruce intertwined with those airy, salty aquatic accords. It brings me back to my seaside hometown. Feels like I’m walking in the forest of pine trees and am about to enter the seafront. I just love it. I do think this leans more towards the masculine crowd, due to the pine-y spruce note, this scent makes me think that it would fit a lumberjack living by the sea or even more so – a fisherman. And that is in a good way, as I would imagine a rugged, master of his craft type of person. I would definitely recommend to try this one out, it is beautiful.
pullin007 – :
I’m enjoying this one but it does remind strongly of another mainstream fragrance. I will surely remember what it is whilst in the shower!
It’s amusing how perfumers use the fir tree as part of an aquatic fragrance. I personally don’t find the fir tree note aquatic. I love the eucalyptus note and it goes so well with the calone and vetiver.
Very unisex. It is a shame it doesn’t project more. The longevity is moderate.
Futboler – :
Not impressed AT ALL. Smells like a lighter, milder version of New West. More for the masculine inclined. Pass.
Arribence – :
I’m surprised by some of the recent reviews. I’m so high on this one might be why. I absolutely love this fragrance and think it performs well. I relate more to chridela or canadiandude’s earlier reviews. This is intoxicating stuff to me.
pauk.85 – :
Scent is pretty darn good, longevity is very average, while sillage and projection is none existing. It is skin scent from the opening to its demise in about 3-4 hours. And by “skin scent” a mean nose touching the skin, because I cannot smell nothing at all at distance over 4 inches.
Very disappointed. I had high expectations after IA amazing Memoirs Of A Trespasser, which is truly niche quality perfume. Every Storm A Serenade ended up being something like house of Penhaligon’s would produce, only with even shorter longevity, and 1/4 sillage and projection of typical Penhaligon’s creations at almost double the price.
My verdict:
Scent 8 of 10
Longevity 5 of 10
Sillage 1 of 10
Projection 1 of 10
Bang for a buck 3 of 10
EDIT: strangely enough, it lasts almost 3 times longer when applied on paper or clothes, and twice longer if applied on hair. Even more surprising, I’ve received compliment on it 4 hours after I wasn’t able to smell it at all on my skin. Maybe I’m agnostic to how it turns smelling on my skin?
tarzan123 – :
Fresh agreement,very green thanks danish spruce and eucalyptus…The opening is stormy immediately comes the desire to find out. I feel like when it’s raining outside … overlooks the window,his wet from the rain glass,leaves,trees,wet grass…very well balanced between aquatic/green fragrance after a few minutes I can hear that vetiver with his note earthy comes into play, every note is tempest …. in the drydown comes the calm,accent is ambergris gives a splendid almost nostalgic aura to this beautiful fragrance. I would like for days autumn. Beautiful!!!
Sillage: 7./10
Longevity: 8.5/10
Scent: 9./10
Overall: 8.5/10
olyunya – :
What a beautiful composition, just received a sample and it’s amazing, super well blended. Its like walking in a rainy summer in Seattle were the breeze of the sea caress your nose with a smooth vibe and the aroma of wet sprice. I dont care if ot gets compliments or not I love the scent!
excluziv – :
can/t typ only have 1 hand other wrist glued to nose.. refuzee to remooovvve
ansevell – :
Every Storm A Serenade has two very different facets.
The storm, at the top, is fantastic. Eucalyptus, vetiver, and especially spruce add an earthy rain drenched landscape to the scent. The serenade, at the base, is a little less impressive. It’s heavy calone and a hint of ambergris that gives off serious Aqua Di Gio vibes. All in all, I’d like to have it in my collection, but be aware that the basenotes, though sure to be a crowd pleaser, are less than unique.
Andrew2079 – :
This is one of, if not, Josh Meyer’s best creations to date. The opening of ESaS gives me mainly spruce and eucalyptus and a very hint of vetiver and calone as it moves into the dry down. There is a hint of saltiness at this point but I still don’t get much of an aquatic sense from it. That all changes about a half hour in when that salty aquatic note starts to emerge and envelop the dominant spruce/eucalyptus. A true masterpiece; I’ll absolutely buy a new bottle when my present one is empty.
Іван01226 – :
This is a wonderful scent – my favourite from the house of Imaginary Authors. 100% unisex with excellent performance. It is an uplifting green marine scent that is somewhat reminiscent of Marine Epicee by Hermes but more wearable. It is perfect for summer but honestly, I can see myself wearing this any time of year. The description from Fragrantica is spot on. I would add that it has a certain sex appeal; there is an undeniable sensuality to this scent that keeps drawing me in to smell it. Compliments, for what they are worth, are through the roof with this one. I will be ordering a FB.
pvs186elipseskism – :
This is hurricane weather in a bottle. Looking forward to wearing this on Florida’s blustery, overcast summer days.
Nivycooxy – :
More or less exactly what you’d expect from the description and note pyramid. Half of ESAS is sort of smoky, spruce and fir fragrance and the other is a moderately salty aquatic with a big, though completely pleasant dose of calone. The two halves work well together and for someone who likes both aquatics and conifers, I certainly don’t mind this. The calone note gives it a breezy, marine appeal and the woods help to anchor it in the base. The dry down is a subdued vetiver and salty ambergris note that stays close to the skin. Projection is average to slightly above average for the first couple of hours. Overall longevity is around 7 hours. Every Storm has a casual, day-time feel and carves out its own niche as a very good winter aquatic option. This is probably my favorite from the Imaginary Authors line next to Memoirs of a Trespasser. While it’s not necessarily complex, it smells good, offers a new concept, and it’s easy to wear. Thumbs up for Imaginary Authors’ latest release. I’d probably rate it a 7.5/10 or 8/10. Good stuff.
chaa – :
I love this scent! To me it’s like a much better version of Inis the Energy of the Sea (which I own & like) because Every Storm a Serenade has ambergris & eucalyptus notes – two of my favorite notes when done well. It is so refreshing and relaxing, definitely unisex. Also I get a kick out of the story haha!
supernoisy – :
This opens with a smell just like cold carrots. Such an odd thing! After a minute or two the carrot smell disappears and I’m left with a smell of salty sea air on a cold day near spruce trees. It’s amazing how accurately this scent has recaptured this smell. This isn’t a warm, tropical ocean smell. It’s a cold, rocky ocean on a really chilly morning with spruce and pine trees nearby. Light and refreshing. This fragrance is more a scent experience than a wearable perfume though and while it’s truly an inspiring fragrance to enjoy and enjoy its creativity, I don’t know if it would be a wearable day-to-day fragrance. Truly unique and enjoyable. Wears very close to the skin and personal.
Kamenotez – :
Always excited for a new Imaginary Authors release, I ordered my sample of this from the IA website and wanted only to wait for slightly warmer day to wear it out, and, like most of Josh Meyer’s fragrances, Every Storm a Serenade does not disappoint.
The note breakdown is fascinating—Danish spruce is the first named note, the woodsy anchor that gives ESAS some depth. I’ve been using a couple of spruce candles this time of year, and I can offer that spruce makes for a balanced woody scent–not as soft as cedar, and not as sharp as pine–and it’s useful in ESAS. I don’t specifically get eucalyptus or vetiver but I sense some combination of them. And the calone / sea water mix is obviously a part of the fragrance, even in the dry down.
What most beach- and marine-themed aquatics usually fail to capture (or at least target) is the saltiness of the ocean and the beach. Nautica Oceans and Creed Erolfa are the only two fragrances (off the top of my head) that have captured this saltiness effectively to this point, and now I can add Every Storm a Serenade to that list.
I admit that while I’m mainly a fan of the heavier IA scents–specifically, Cape Heartache and Memoirs of a Trespasser–Every Storm a Serenade is a great aquatic warm weather-leaning scent, though it certainly has enough depth to work perfectly fine in the winter (and inland).
ESAS also has the Imaginary Authors’ “DNA” that comes up a lot–I definitely recall a connection to Mosaic and Falling Into the Sea, though I’d like to do a more thorough comparison.
Projection is good (not as great as some of the heavier monsters, like Cape Heartache, Memoirs of a Trespasser, A City on Fire, and Bull’s Blood) and the longevity is significant, like most of Josh’s fragrances.
I haven’t purchased a more warm weather-leaning or aquatic IA frag (I’m not sure An Air of Despair counts) but Every Storm a Serenade is definitely a bottle I need to get my hands on. A recommended try for all men and women.
8 out of 10